Introspection of Human Nature under the Fetters of "Unspoken Rules"

Kamron 2021-11-19 08:01:29

According to the habit of ethical films, the film tries to avoid letting the audience draw a single conclusion. The audience draws their own conclusions based on their own personality, psychology, conscience, taste, and the depth of their understanding of society-perhaps this is the only way to be thought-provoking.

No one can avoid the power of unspoken rules, no matter in any industry, noble or humble, just or injustice, no one who works in it can say casually: "I only do the right thing." Just like a film. The police who neutralized Jack did not think they were doing something wrong. Law is one thing, and law is the ideal standard of the whole society. And if they choose to be the police, they must accumulate their own survival wisdom, otherwise they don't want to work (or don't want to live). When the legislature enacts a law that takes into account immediate and long-term interests, fairness and efficiency, justice and rights-this sounds very good, and it seems to be in line with the laws of democracy. But let those who legislate to be the police for a few years... Isn’t democracy a tyranny in which the majority decides how the minority survive? The unspoken rules were born. If a person is doing something that roughly conforms to the "hidden rules", he seems to be at ease. However, he still cannot escape the sanctions of higher authority. This is not the sorrow of one person-this is the sorrow of the whole society. We still haven't found a real solution.

People want Jack to win, but everyone knows that his victory is luck. Nor can we require that every social person living under the shackles of unspoken rules has such idealistic feelings and such "great consciousness." From another perspective, the failed policemen used to be kind and excellent men. Should they have such an ending?

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Extended Reading
  • Davonte 2022-03-25 09:01:08

    Bruce Willis' Chicken Ribs!

  • Cleve 2022-03-26 09:01:04

    Watching an old movie, the old cloth starts to get old at that time.

16 Blocks quotes

  • Frank Nugent: [Reloading weapon] You know, when I woke up this morning, I didn't expect to be trading nine millies with my friend.

  • Frank Nugent: [after catching Jack and telling him to drop his weapon] Can't get lucky all the time.

    Eddie Bunker: [sneaking up behind Frank with a gun] You can be smart every day, though.